In the long darkness, Tang Ran's consciousness struggled little by little to wake up from the chaos.
The first thing that was transmitted to the nerve center was the mild pain and astringency that came back from the eye as the effect of the anesthetic gradually faded away; then, the recovered sense of smell brought back the faint smell of disinfectant in the air. Perception; finally, a vague and erratic voice of conversation came back from a place where distance could not be distinguished:
“The operation stage was very successful, and there were no emergencies or problems, don’t worry…”
"There is no such thing as a complete recovery from corneal transplant surgery. No matter how well you recover in the later period, you should always pay attention to eye problems, and have regular follow-up visits for a long time to avoid untreated symptoms..."
"Rejection varies from person to person. In the initial recovery stage, I will prescribe some anti-rejection drugs to her according to her recovery status... Corneal transplantation has the highest success rate in allogeneic transplantation, so you don't need to worry too much, as long as you regularly review it. it is good… "
Those voices were high and low, far and near. Although Tang Ran still wanted to listen, the effect of the anesthetic had obviously not completely faded, and her consciousness soon fell into darkness again.
After repeating this two or three times, Tang Ran's consciousness finally became completely clear at a moment she was not sure about.
On the other side of the ward, there seemed to be a very low voice of conversation.
There was still darkness in front of her eyes, but there seemed to be a glimmer of light - the light was too unfamiliar and long-lost for her, so Tang Ran could not be sure whether it was real or just her own illusion and fantasy.
So she subconsciously raised her right hand and touched her eyes.
"… Dye Rye!"
In the silent ward, a hoarse cry was overwhelmed by two or three hurried footsteps.
A second later, Tang Ran's wrist was already grabbed by someone. The knuckles that held her were slender and warm, with a temperature she was familiar with.
Tang Ran opened his bloody lips, and said a little awkwardly: "Luo... Luo?"
"it's me."
Luo Zhan let out a long sigh of relief, pressed the girl's hand back to the hospital bed, and hid it under the quilt. Then he looked up.
"The director of the family said that after the operation, two or three days of eye bandaging are needed for palliative treatment. During this period, no matter what you feel, don't touch it yourself, okay?"
After two seconds, Tang Ran spoke, and his voice was a little weak: "Okay."
"you… "
Luo Zhan seemed to want to ask something in a low voice, but his voice was too soft and was suppressed by the voice of a boy who was a few meters away from the other side of the ward.
"Sister Tang Ran, how are you feeling? Are you okay? Is there any discomfort?"
Tang Ran stayed for a few seconds before she could react, and she asked softly, "Is the store manager here?"
Luo Zhan hummed.
Tan Yunchang's voice walked to the bedside: "I came over early in the morning, and I thought that I would be among the first people our sister Tang Ran saw when she opened her eyes - I didn't know until I got there that I would have to wait for two more days, but Makes me anxious, really!"
"...Why are you everywhere, you are in a hurry." Luo Zhan scolded him coldly.
Tan Yunchang angrily said, "Just let you be in a hurry, we can't be in a hurry, can we? After all, sister Tang Ran is also a friend like my own sister!"
"Who's taking advantage?"
"Hey, why am I taking up the toilet—" Tan Yunchang met Luo Zhan's cool gaze, and a string in his head snapped tight.
After a second or two, after reacting to the question of "if Tang Ran counts his sister, this person in front of him is his prospective brother-in-law", Tan Yunchang laughed embarrassingly: "Hey, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Ancestor, I really didn't account for you. It means cheap."
The left and right are not talking to the little girl, and the little girl on the bed is still invisible. Luo Zhan is really too lazy to deal with it, so he makes a perfunctory hum, which counts as a response. Then he picked up the chair by the hospital bed and sat down.
When Luo Zhan leaned back on the back of the chair, his hand still controlled the strength, holding the girl's wrist halfway through the quilt.
Tan Yunchang naturally saw it too, he couldn't help laughing: "Sister Tang, it's such a pity that you haven't been able to see it just now."
Tang Ran on the hospital bed responded slowly: "Sorry?"
"Yes. Before you woke up, Luo Zhan and I were talking about something. There was no movement in the room. As a result, halfway through his words, he suddenly got up and ran over!"
Tang Ran was slightly startled.
Tan Yunchang raised his voice exaggeratedly, with a terrified tone: "Good guy, he rushed to the side of the hospital bed in two steps from a distance of seven or eight meters - I thought something big happened, and I was shocked! It turned out."
Tan Yunchang's tone at the end of his words became playful, he turned his head to look at the young man who was half-drooping in the chair, raised his hand and patted the man's shoulder: "Dare you keep staring at our sister Tang when you are talking to me? Bar?"
Luo Zhan put one hand on the side of the hospital bed and held the hand of the girl under the quilt, and the other hand supported his cheekbones, his eyelids drooping lazily.
Hearing Tan Yunchang's words, he raised his eyelids: "Well, keep staring, can't you?"
Tan Yunchang clicked his tongue: "It's not good for you to dig people's corners so unscrupulously while my male god goes to the doctor to understand the follow-up?"
Luo Zhan frowned slightly: "Get out."
After a few seconds of silence, the knuckles he held on the girl's wrist tightened a little, and he hummed lightly: "Even if it is, it is my corner."
"Okay," Tan Yunchang was angry and funny, "your, yours."
This familiar way of getting along made Tang Ran couldn't help laughing with his lips raised, and he slowly relaxed from the restless state after waking up from the operation.
She thought of something and asked, "What time is it now?"
Tan Yunchang didn't keep up, and Luo Zhan replied, "You had the surgery last night, and it's almost noon now."
Tang Ran was surprised: "Have I slept for so long?"
"It is normal to have the effect of anesthesia." Luo Zhan said.
Tang Ran was relieved.
Tan Yunchang was standing beside the bed, and at this moment, he said: "Sister Tang, you really slept for a long time, Luo Zhan is different. I heard from the nurse that he has been watching since you came out of the operation yesterday. I haven't closed my eyes yet—Ow!"
The voice ended with a scream.
Luo Zhan drooped his eyelids and withdrew his left foot that stepped on Tan Yunchang's instep: "No one will take you as a mute if you don't speak."
Tan Yunchang jumped aside with his feet in his arms, and complained with tears in his eyes: "I'm speaking for you, how can you be such a good or bad person? You!"
Luo Zhan snorted softly and ignored him.
Before Tang Ran, who was already showing anxiety and worry, spoke, Luo Zhan turned back and said, "Don't listen to his exaggeration, I rested in the ward last night."
Tan Yunchang dismantled the platform angrily: "This ward doesn't even have a sofa to lie down on. You can sleep in the air like a little dragon girl hanging on a rope?"
"… "
Luo Zhan turned his face lazily and looked at Tan Yunchang expressionlessly.
Forced by the threat in his eyes, Tan Yunchang froze his neck for a few seconds, but still closed his mouth and turned his face away.
Tang Ran said worriedly: "Luo Luo, don't cook like this, you'll get sick. I'm fine now, wait—"
"How long after you left the operating room, did you worry about me?" Luo Zhan reluctantly interrupted Tang Ran, "I will take care of myself, and now the most important thing is you. If you feel uncomfortable in any place, you must first Tell me or the doctors and nurses at once, you know?"
Tang Ran wanted to say something else, but Luo Zhan spoke to her in a rare firm tone this time, and there was really no room for resistance.
Tang Ran could only nod his head: "Okay."
After the three chatted for a while, the sliding door of the ward was opened, and Lan Jingqian, who also hadn't rested much, walked into the ward with a tired expression.
Seeing Luo Zhan and Tan Yunchang beside the hospital bed, Lan Jingqian stopped abruptly.
After being stiff for a few seconds, he lowered his voice and asked, "Xiao Ran... is she awake?"
Luo Zhan was silent for two seconds, then got up: "Well, it's been ten minutes since I woke up."
Lan Jingqian's lips moved, as if he wanted to speak but didn't know how to speak.
Luo Zhan glanced at Tan Yunchang next to him, then he leaned over to the hospital bed and said to Tang Ran on the bed, "I'll leave for a while - I'll take Tan Yunchang downstairs, and by the way, call a nurse to change your medicine."
Tang Ran nervously clenched the sheets under her fingers, and in the past two or three seconds, she nodded lightly: "Okay."
Luo Zhan got the girl's approval, then got up and walked around the hospital bed to the door. Tan Yunchang followed up knowingly.
Luo Zhan walked to the door, and stopped when he brushed shoulders with Lan Jingqian, his voice was so low that it was almost indistinguishable: "Before the stitches removal operation, she should try her best to avoid big mood swings."
Lan Jingqian regained his senses and smiled bitterly: "I know."
"… "
Luo Zhan reminded him, looked back at the hospital bed reluctantly, and then walked straight away.
Five minutes later, in the lobby on the first floor of the hospital.
"What?" Tan Yunchang was so shocked that his voice raised an octave, "Are you really going? You don't have a fever, ancestors??"
Luo Zhan leaned in front of the marble wall, frowning. The tiredness accumulated over 36 hours of sleeplessness quickly swallowed him up after the girl woke up and he loosened the tight strings, and the whole person fell into a state of drowsiness.
After hearing Tan Yunchang's words, Luo Zhan paused for a few seconds, and said in a hoarse voice, "I am in charge of the competition that was decided a year ago. Should I suddenly announce my absence and retire when the competition is approaching?"
"No, this Songke Cup is not a big competition. Ancestor, don't you have a few trophies, certificates and medals that can cover an entire wall of the laboratory? Why is there no shortage of this one?"
Luo Zhan frowned: "This is not a game for me alone. If I am absent at this time, what will the others in the project team do?"
"Well, then everyone can understand."
"… "
Tan Yunchang stepped forward and asked, "Ancestor, you can think clearly that the schedule of the Songke Cup will be less than half a month if you go there? And if you really want to go, you have to leave the day after tomorrow—the head of sister Tang Ran's eyes regained her eyesight. For a month, you can't see at all!"
Luo Zhan remained silent.
Tan Yunchang became anxious: "What the hell are you thinking? I think you will lose your life for Tang Ran's affairs. How come you start to be confused at this critical time—"
Tan Yunchang's words stopped abruptly.
After a few seconds, his eyes widened.
"No way..."
Luo Zhan raised his eyelids, the cold white skin of his lower eyelids was lined with a touch of black, his expression was lazy and cold: "Isn't it?"
Tan Yunchang froze for a few seconds before saying, "You're not just because of the competition, but mainly... Afraid that Sister Tang Ran will recognize you and affect the subsequent stitch removal and recovery?"
Luo Zhan pursed his thin lips.
He didn't say a word, just turned his face sideways, his clenched cheekbones stretched out sharp profile lines.
Tan Yunchang froze for a long time, and then said embarrassingly: "You want to open up. What if, what if Tang Ran didn't recognize you at all?"